UFC light heavyweight Kazuhiro Nakamura will have his appeal of a UFC 76 suspension heard on Oct. 31. Bill Douglas of the California State Athletic Commission today issued news of Nakamura’s request to have the suspension “canceled.” Nakamura, a longtime PRIDE (…)

The management team for Kazuhiro Nakamura, a longtime PRIDE Fighting Championships fighter who failed a UFC 76 drug test due to marijuana, plans to fight the charge on the grounds that California State Athletic Commission officials botched the drug test — and other (…)

Kazuhiro Nakamura (11-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC), who made his octagon debut with a unanimous-decision loss to Ryoto Machida this past weekend at UFC 76, has been suspended by the California State Athletic Commission for a failed drug test due to marijuana. According to Bill Douglas of the (…)

On Wednesday the California State Athletic Commission issued Kazuhiro Nakamura, a Japanese fighter who tested positive for marijuana after his UFC 76 bout with Lyoto Machida, an extension after the fighter was a no-show for his scheduled hearing. Nakamura is appealing a (…)